Rather than theory, Walling examines what organised Socialist parties actually did in their congresses and press, country by country. He distinguishes genuine Socialism from the reformist ‘State Socialism’ and ‘new capitalism’ of Germany, Britain and Australasia, discussing compulsory arbitration, agrarian reform, labour parties and the strategy of revolutionary versus reformist wings.
A detailed snapshot of world socialism on the eve of the First World War by a co-founder of the NAACP. Download the free EPUB.